The attention of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and her MANTRA partners drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country have been drawn to a misleading publication on Thisday Newspaper of January 24, 2021, authored by one Obinna Chima, where ANEEJ “Spot Checks” report was wrongly and copiously used to substantiate allegation of corruption and […]
BACKGROUND TO ACORN PROGRAMME The British Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has been supporting Nigeria’s anti-corruption effort by ensuring stronger incentives not to loot government resources and changing public attitudes that will increasingly disapprove of corrupt activities. It has been achieving this Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN)programme through the provision of support […]
We, Civil Society Organizations drawn from all 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, working on the platform of National Social Protection Forum, NSPF, held a virtual meeting on 15th December, 2020 to discuss a number of issues, including the current economic recession in Nigeria amid the covid-19 pandemic. The meeting noted the following: Effort of the Federal […]
Preamble The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, (ANEEJ) in collaboration with African Forum for Debt and Development, (AFRODAD) convened a one-day debt advocacy meeting as part of advocacy campaign on debt management initiatives. The objectives of the meeting include: To engage debt management stakeholders in Nigeria, on Nigerian debt management concerns; to review current state of indebtedness in […]
BENIN CITY… November 23, 2020… Our attention has been drawn to a news report by a section of print and e-media with the headline “Nigeria to expect £60m Ibori loot from the UK – Group” and credited to our Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Leo Atakpu as circulated by FRANCIS OGBUAGU of the VANGUARD newspaper to his media friends and contacts […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. November 22, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor into the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the disposal of all assets forfeited to the federal government. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN) while inaugurating the […]
PRESS RELEASE11 November 2020Website: https://www.dac-csoreferencegroup.com/ Post OECD DAC High-Level MeetingIn the middle of the C19 crisis, DAC members turn to effectiveness and the private sector as ODA stays scarce NGOs calling for more aid and safeguards in private sector involvement The High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECDDAC) ended with a renewed […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. November 9, 2020…. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), today, inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the disposal of all assets forfeited to the federal government, just as the Executive Director of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and a member of the inter-ministerial committee, Rev David Ugolor, assured […]
Introduction The study assessed the extent to which the 2nd United Nations Conventions Against Corruption (UNCAC) review processes, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Evaluation on Nigeria, Nigeria Policy on IFF, and National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) and to ascertain how far recommendations from these processes and policies have been implemented in Nigeria and identify key challenges to implementation of these instruments […]
Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is currently implementing the Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-corruption and Rule of Law in Nigeria (CASARN) project. The project is part of the implementation of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ROLAC) Programme which is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council. The goal of […]